Supporting Business & Markets
Prosperity at the societal level is more focused: it involves profitable commerce via markets within and beyond the society.
But in any society, many members are not , with some unequivocally anti-market. In our present state of political immaturity, politicians, in particular, continuously subvert and damage markets with abandon.
So the present situation can only be managed if people’s orientations are worked with positively. Pressure should be brought to bear to protect markets and enable their functioning; and profit-generating efforts must be valued.
Money and Work
The four quadrants generate distinct economic philosophies. Each has its own view of how money should be obtained and handled. Only the supports the making of profits through hard work.
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How Business is Damaged
Social pressures can damage markets and businesses:
- by deflecting the focus from profitability, or
- by invoking good intentions to impose a burden of extra costs.
Where Markets get their Values
Business cannot lead society. Markets and businesses have to get their values from society, which means: from the approaches on the well-being diagonal.
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Getting Work: Alternatives to the Market
Work is required outside the market. One threat to prosperity is that many people, perhaps most people, prefer to work within bodies dominated by congenial non-market mentalities.
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How Big Organizations should Harness People
Employees are not homogeneous in their perception of benefit. Because the are so powerful, they permeate performance in the workplace. They can and should be used to design both motivating and controlling strategies.
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Originally posted: July 2009